| Elijah Hunt Mills | |
| Image Name: | ElijahMills.jpg |
| Jr/Sr: | United States Senator |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Term Start: | June 12, 1820 |
| Term End: | March 3, 1827 |
| Preceded: | Prentiss Mellen |
| Succeeded: | Daniel Webster |
| State2: | Massachusetts |
| Term Start2: | March 4, 1815 |
| Term End2: | March 3, 1819 |
| Predecessor2: | William Ely |
| Successor2: | Samuel Lathrop |
| Office3: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
| Term3: | 1811-1814 |
| Birth Name: | Elijah Hunt Mills |
| Birth Date: | 1 December 1776 |
| Birth Place: | Chesterfield, Massachusetts, US |
| Death Place: | Northampton, Massachusetts, US |
| Spouse: | Harriet Blake |
| Alma Mater: | Williams College |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
| Party: | Federalist |
Elijah Hunt Mills (December 1, 1776May 5, 1829) was an American politician from Massachusetts.
Mills was born in Chesterfield, Massachusetts. He was educated by private tutors and graduated from Williams College in 1797. Mills studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Northampton, Massachusetts.
He was the district attorney for Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and opened Northampton Law School in 1823. Mills was also a founding member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1812.[1]
He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1811–1814). Mills was elected as a Federalist to the United States House of Representatives (March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1819). In 1819 he returned to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he became Speaker of the House in 1820. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1820 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Prentiss Mellen. Mills was reelected and served from June 12, 1820, to March 3, 1827. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1826. He retired from public life due to ill health.
Mills was first married to Sarah Hunt (1780–1802), a daughter of Dr. Ebenezer Hunt and Sarah (Bradish) Hunt, on May 16, 1802. Sarah died a few months later on October 2, 1802. Mills later married Harriet Blake (1780–1871), a daughter of merchant Joseph Blake and Deborah (Smith) Blake. With his second wife, Mills was the father of seven children, including:[2]
Mills died on May 5, 1829, in Northampton, and was interred in the Bridge Street Cemetery. His widow died at Cambridge on February 9, 1871.[2]
Through his daughter Harriette, he was a grandfather of Anna Cabot Mills Davis, who married U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. One of their sons, poet George Cabot Lodge, was the father of U.S. Senators Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge.